Cristián Gómez

For other uses, see Cristian Gómez.

Cristián Gómez

Personal information
Full name	Cristián Alejandro Gómez Chandía
Date of birth	(1978-01-04) January 4, 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Coquimbo, Chile
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	República Independiente (manager)
Youth career
	Coquimbo Unido
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–2001	Coquimbo Unido	43	(6)
2002	Cobreloa	30	(2)
2003	Colo-Colo	10	(0)
2004	Universidad de Concepción	19	(2)
2005	Cobreloa	27	(0)
2006	Everton	29	(0)
2007	Ñublense	31	(0)
2008–2009	Rangers	63	(3)
2010	Curicó Unido	29	(1)
2011	Brantford Galaxy	7	(1)
2012	Provincial Osorno	10	(0)
2012–2013	Curicó Unido	20	(0)
2013–2017	Lota Schwager	52	(1)
Total		370	(16)
International career
2001	Chile	1	(0)
2001	Chile B	1	(0)
Managerial career
2019–2021	Lota Schwager
2022–	República Independiente
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gómez and the second or maternal family name is Chandía.

Cristián Alejandro Gómez Chandía (born 4 January 1978) is a Chilean footballer who played in the Primera División of Chile, Canadian Soccer League, Segunda División de Chile and the Primera B de Chile.

Playing career

Gómez played for several teams during his career, starting with local Coquimbo Unido. During his time in the Primera División of Chile he would play with C.D. Cobreloa, Colo-Colo, C.D. Universidad de Concepción, Everton de Viña del Mar, Ñublense, Rangers de Talca.^[1] In 2010, he played with Curicó Unido of the Primera B de Chile.^[2] The following year he went abroad to Canada to play with Brantford Galaxy of the Canadian Soccer League.^[3] At the conclusion the CSL season he returned to Chile to play with Provincial Osorno of the Segunda División de Chile. He would conclude his professional career with Curicó Unido, and Lota Schwager in the Primera B.

He gained one cap for Chile, on 14 November 2001, playing 65 minutes against Ecuador for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.^[4] In addition, he made an appearance for Chile B in the friendly match against Catalonia on 28 December 2001.^[5]

Coaching career

From 2019 to 2021 he was the manager of Lota Schwager in both the Tercera A and the Tercera B.^[6] Since May 2022, he works as the manager of República Independiente from Hualqui in the Tercera B.^[7]

References

1. "Google Translate". translate.google.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
2. "Cristian Alejandro Gómez Chandía - Fichajes.com". Fichajes .com: Noticias y rumores sobre el mercado de fichajes de fútbol. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
3. "Brantford Galaxy SC --- Brantford, Ontario". 2011-09-25. Archived from the original on 2011-09-25. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
4. A 12 años del último triunfo a Ecuador por Clasificatorias: El gran debut de Nelson Acosta (12 years since last win against Ecuador for the WC qualifiers: Nelson Acosta's great debut); EMOL, 9 October 2008 (in Spanish)
5. Morrison, Neil (2 February 2005). "International Matches 2001 - Other". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
6. Inostroza, Paulo (11 February 2021). "Cristián Gómez: "siempre estuve cuando había que ayudar a Lota"". Diario Concepción (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2022.
7. Pavez, Ignacio (14 May 2022). "República Independiente de Hualqui: Mentalizados en subir de categoría". Pasión de Hincha (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2022.

External links

• Cristián Gómez at BDFA (in Spanish)
• Cristián Gómez at National-Football-Teams.com